A Low Point for the US

How do people sleep with themselves at night? Apparently our constituional values mean nothing.

Congratulations Mr. Bush, you win but in my eyes you no longer deserve the title of president.

the legislation would reverse fundamental American values by
allowing seizure of evidence in this country without a search warrant, allowing
evidence obtained through cruel and inhuman treatment, and denying relief or
appeal to people like Maher Arar, whom the United States sent to Syria for
interrogation that included torture even after the Canadian government told
American officials he was not a terrorist
...
"When our moral standing is eroded, our international credibility
is diminished as well," said Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, the
No. 2 Democrat in the House.
...
The bill was a compromise worked out between the White House and three Senate
Republicans who for weeks had resisted the administration's approach. They
contended the White House's initial bill would violate the Constitution and
redefine the nation's obligations under the Geneva Conventions, signaling to
other nations that they too could rewrite the rules on dealing with combatants
seized in wartime.